Slaughter Congratulates Sunnking on winning EPA Award

by jmaloni

Press release

Fri, Apr 26th 2013 12:30 am

Earlier
this week, U.S. Congresswoman Louise Slaughter congratulated
Sunnking, a local e-recycling business, on winning the Environmental
Protection Agency's Environmental Quality Award for work in
dismantling, refurbishing and recycling electronic waste. In
February, Slaughter recommended Sunnking for the Environmental
Quality Award, which honors individuals and organizations that have
contributed significantly to improving the environment.

Sunnking
was the only business in upstate New York to receive the award.

"What
Sunnking has achieved here is remarkable," Slaughter said. "Not
only is Sunnking's work benefiting our environment and the public
health of our communities, but they are creating green jobs in an
industry that is set to transform our economy. I was proud to
nominate them for this award, and I am thrilled that their hard work
and innovative solutions have earned them the recognition that this
award brings."

Sunnking
specializes in dismantling, sorting, refurbishing and reselling
electronics and equipment, and serves most of Rochester's top
businesses, including Xerox, the University of Rochester, and local
government offices such as the Social Security Administration. The
company has about 150 recycling collection sites around the area that
allows the public to drop off items for recycling at no cost.
Sunnking has held e-waste collections across Western New York.

Sunnking
has been in business for more than a decade and serves all of New
York. Last year, Sunnking recycled 14 million pounds of electronics.

"I'm
proud to accept this award, not only to validate the tremendous work
that the people of Sunnking do every day, but to show the world that
being environmentally conscious and running a successful business are
not mutually exclusive - in fact, it's what we do every day here
at Sunnking," said Duane Beckett, CEO of Sunnking. "On behalf of
all the employees, I want to thank Congresswoman Slaughter and the
EPA for recognizing the extraordinary work that we do here and for
raising awareness about the merits of recycling and reusing old
electronic goods."

Sunnking's
e-waste recycling process maximizes value and recoverability in an
environmentally friendly manner by minimizing hazardous and harmful
materials that would normally end up in community waste streams. In
fact, only 2 percent of the company's waste goes to landfills.

Sunnking
is the first electronic recycler in the state to receive the
prestigious responsible recycling (or R2) certification.

Sunnking
formally received the Environmental Quality Award on April 19 from
EPA Regional Administrator Judith Enck at Region 2 headquarters in
Manhattan.